Hospital transport for cancer patients

70 percent of cancer patients in country detected late
Vietnam has an average of 15,000 new cancer patients every year, while 70 percent of cases are detected late, so they at last have died of cancer, said medical workers.
Moreover, the fatal disease is on upward trend and more and more young people get it. Especially most popular cause of the disease is outside environment and patients’ wrong lifestyles.
The K Hospital (the national cancer institute) in Hanoi, has always crowded with patients so that no chair in the treatment ward has left. Outside, there are so many people who have to sit and stand with anxiety to wait for their relatives every day.
Medical workers said the overcrowding has seen for many years despite two additional treatment satellites had been operated.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thuan, deputy director of the Hanoi-based K Hospital and head of the Research Institute for Cancer Prevention and Control, said that the country currently has around 250,000 people … [Read more...] about 70 percent of cancer patients in country detected late

Vietnamese families will have better access to cancer services and treatment following the grand opening of the Singapore-Vietnam Cancer Centre in Ho Chi Minh City. Eng Aik Meng, chairman of Vietnam Integrated Medical Services, told VIR’s Thanh Van how the new facility will transform cancer care in Vietnam. Why did you choose Vietnam as the location of your new cancer centre? Vietnam’s healthcare sector is experiencing rapid growth, but there is a shortage of health facilities to serve the needs of local residents. It is estimated that Vietnamese spend about $1 billion annually for healthcare outside of Vietnam, of which 30 per cent is spent in Singapore. Over the past few years, Vietnamese have increasingly desired to access care closer to home rather than having to travel overseas and separate from families for treatment. Many international private clinics have been set up to fulfil the increasing demand, providing healthcare services to patients right here in the … [Read more...] about SVCC’s Singaporean slant on cancer care

A great song should lift your heart, warm your soul and make you feel
good. Aware of this fact, artists have joined hands to organise musical
performances at hospitals.
In addition to musical performances, the programme also includes
magic shows and comedy acts with the goal of bringing smiles and helping
patients overcome their pain and challenges.
Launched in 2011, the project “Bringing music to hospitals” aims to
promote music as a tool to reduce patients’ pain and relieve stress
among medical staff.
The programme also includes talk shows, magic shows and comedy acts with
the same aim: to bring smiles and offer patients a reprieve from their
difficulties and pain.
One of the most enthusiastic artists who perform at hospitals, comedian
Tra My spent four years taking care of her husband, a cancer patient.
That’s why she sympathised with the pain and anxiety felt by patients
and their families.
“When the organiser invites me, I always … [Read more...] about Artists head to hospital as music cures

Doctors at hospitals in HCM City and Hue this week conducted six successful organ transplant operations, saving the lives of four people and restoring the sight of two severely visually-impaired patients. Associate Prof. Nguyen Truong Son, Director of Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City, said this was the hospital's first case in which organs from one brain-dead patient had been used in four different transplantation operations, including kidney, liver, heart and lung and cornea. For the liver transplant operation, doctors at Cho Ray Hospital were assisted by a Republic of Korea’s surgery transplant team from the ASAN Medical Centre in Seoul. The team on July 20 successfully conducted a liver transplant operation for a patient with liver cancer caused by hepatitis C infection. Also on July 20, doctors at Cho Ray Hospital conducted operations on two patients with chronic kidney failure, transplanting kidneys from the donor. Elsewhere, doctors at Hue Central Hospital in Hue on July 20 … [Read more...] about Donor’s organs used to save four patients

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a regulation to provide financial support to poor patients, especially those who have fatal diseases but cannot afford treatment. Disadvantaged patents to get Government support Under the regulation, benefactors will include low-income people, ethnic minorities, those who live in remote and mountainous areas, and people who are currently receiving social assistance. Coverage would also be extended to cancer patients, those who need cardiovascular surgery and other procedures such as kidney dialysis but cannot afford treatment. Apart from medical fees, the Government will also provide financial assistance to patients to help cover their food and transportation costs during treatment. Funding for the programme will come from the State budget as well as donations from individuals and organisations. The assistance will be provided at state-owned medical facilities beginning on April 15, 2012. Patients who wish to seek treatment independently, or … [Read more...] about Medical support for disadvantaged patients